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hominy
(häm′ə nē)
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noun
dry corn (maize) with the hull and germ removed and often coarsely ground (): it is boiled for food
Origin: contr. < rockahominy < AmInd (Algonquian), as in Virginian rokahamen, meal from parched corn
See hominy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Hulled and dried kernels of corn, prepared as food by boiling.
Origin:
Origin: Short for Virginia Algonquian uskatahomen
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